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A 9th grade US History quiz about the Cold War
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People built these in order to try and combat their fear of nuclear war.
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Bomb shelters
Missiles
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The strategy that describes "one upping" your opponent by building up more and more weapons.
brinkmanship
massive retaliation
flexible response
McCarthyism
3
One way the US tried to fend of communism in Western Europe was to drop supplies into this city
Munich
East Berlin
Moscow
West Berlin
4
Providing money to Turkey and Greece in order to fend off communism in those countries.
Domino Theory
The Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
5
The imaginary line that separated the USSR and Eastern Europe from the West was known as
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Berlin Wall
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The policy of the US during the Cold War that focused on stopping the spread of Communism.
Containment
Brinkmanship
The Domino Theory
Isolationism
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A type of economy in which individuals compete for jobs in a free market.
Communism
Capitalism
Democracy
Socialism
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A senator from Wisconsin who claimed to have a list of know communist spies in the government.
Brett McCann
Joseph Stalin
Joseph McCarthy
Carrie McCarthy
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Kennedy’s doctrine of “flexible response”
Forbade the use of nuclear weapons during the Cold War
Allowed for a variety of strategies based on the situation
Promised to defend Western Europe from communism
Justified the recognition of Israel as an independent nation
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If one country falls to communism then other countries will fall to communism
Marshall Plan
Flexible Response
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
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What did Republicans in the House of Representatives create in order to hunt for Commie spies?
The CIA
HUAC
The FBI
NATO
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We helped this country out with actual war in order to fend off Communism.
China
Germany
Japan
South Korea
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A group of people who refused to answer questions about communist ties and were blacklisted.
Rosenberg's
McCarthyism
HUAC
Hollywood 10
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Giving millions of dollars to struggling European countries to help them fend of communism.
Berlin Airlift
Containment
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
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The Red Scare in America describes a fear of what?
The color red
Nazis
The Soviet Union
Communism
16
The image below depicts what situation during the Cold War?
The Bay of Pigs unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Castro.
The Hollywood Ten being blacklisted from Hollywood.
The fear of nuclear missiles in Cuba
Senator Joseph McCarthy instilling fear of communism
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A type of government in which individual are not permitted to own property or choose their jobs
Democracy
Monarchy
Communism
Capitalism
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A physical symbol of the Cold War. It was removed in 1989.
Korean War
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
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The closest we ever came to a real war during the Cold War!
McCarthyism
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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A failure during the Cold War in which JFK tried to invade and take out Castro.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Bay of Pigs
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift